Kuneva’s ash advice

From European Voice's Entre-Nous column

5/19/10, 9:03 PM CET

Updated 4/23/14, 9:03 PM CET

Mixed reactions to former commissioner's plans.

The European Commission’s ethics committee is still considering whether Meglena Kuneva, the former commissioner for consumer protection, should be permitted to join the board of the French banking group BNP Paribas.

More easily approved was Kuneva’s appointment on 1 April as a special adviser (unpaid) to Siim Kallas, now the European commissioner for transport, to advise on passenger rights and consumer protection. Given how passenger rights have become the issue of the moment, one might even suspect that the Estonian Kallas had seen the volcanic ash cloud coming.